Where does “pain” come from?

pain (Old French) comes from Latin pānis, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- — to protect; to shepherd.

pain (Old French): bread

Definitions

  1. bread

Ancestry of “pain”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpānisbread, loaf
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂-to protect; to shepherd

Words derived from “pain”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- →Every word from Latin pānis →